Character assassination is so much easier, most of his reporting in the last decade is seen as crackpot Russia-backed conspiracies so he's not seen as a reputable journalist as much these days despite being proven consistently right in his reporting for 40 years
What the fuck how has he not been suicided yet
Edit: not that I want this to happen to our guy here, hope that's clear in context
Character assassination is so much easier, most of his reporting in the last decade is seen as crackpot Russia-backed conspiracies so he's not seen as a reputable journalist as much these days despite being proven consistently right in his reporting for 40 years
they can't Michael Hastings you if you're too old to drive a car!